Service Parts Planner

Rolls-Royce; Derby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company based in Derby seeks a Service Parts Planner to manage parts forecasting and inventory. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, be proficient in SAP and Excel, and understand inventory principles. This full-time position offers excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and substantial benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Exceptional benefits

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Strong data analysis and decision-making skills are essential.
• IT proficiency including a good working knowledge of SAP MRP/Sales & Distribution & Excel.
• Understanding of inventory principles, planning and managing.
• Understanding of forecasting & demand management principles.
• Programme management experience in support of development & execution of strategies.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate SIOP demand/supply plans to identify customer or financial risk.
• Plan, manage, report and drive inventory by analyzing trends.
• Liaise with various disciplines across the project team to develop accurate understanding.
• Lead & support development of active used material management processes.
• Identify and evaluate causes of variability and financial considerations.

Skills

Data analysis

Decision-making

SAP MRP/Sales & Distribution

Excel proficiency

Inventory principles

Forecasting

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Description

Service Parts Planner

Full time

Derby

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual to join the Trent 1000 and 7000 Sales & Operations Planning team as a Service Parts Planner.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to be part of a team accountable for forecasting over £500m of parts demand every year.

The successful candidate will carry out the parts planning, forecasting and inventory management activities required to support a wide range of customer, overhaul, repair and distribution networks. Other key activities include working closely with external and internal stakeholders (used material / supply chain) to understand part policies/ usage, developing new approaches and recommendations to improve financial performance and demand accuracy.

Whilst maintaining an operational focus on emerging risk to MRO overhaul activities.

The successful candidate will be comfortable in working across multi-functional teams, obtaining and challenging information to determine root causes, making decisions through risk-based analysis to ensure cost-effective corrective solutions are put in place and taking ownership to drive investigations and actions to conclusion. including Engineering, Engine Clearance, Repair Services and Supply Chains based in the UK and overseas.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

What you will be doing:

In this role you will Evaluate SIOP demand/ supply plans to identify customer or financial risk and manage resolution of any issues, as well as:

• Work with customers to maintain forecasts for all in service requirements, ensuring variances to forecast are investigated and quality of demand accuracy and inventory is improved.
• Plan, manage, report and drive inventory by Analysing trends to produce recommendations that improves/manages Inventory and Stock turn objectives.
• Liaise with various disciplines across the Project Team to develop an accurate understanding of the Fleet Operational Plan and other parts usage drivers including campaign and cost management activity.
• Lead & support development of active used material management processes and policies in support of customer MRO activities.
• Identify and evaluate causes of variability, impact of policy changes, financial considerations and risk mitigation strategies which affect demand accuracy.
• Apply through-life policies to generate gross asset (component) forecast and stock requirements for new, used and repair supply chains.
• Maintain the appropriate understanding of the current performance of the new parts and repair supply chains to enable appropriate and early recommendations to manage risks.
• Support product change governance including attendance at PCB, PTM and Repair Executive Reviews.
• Support process improvement through Community of Practice.

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role you will need to meet the following criteria:

• Strong Data analysis and decision-making skills are essential.
• IT proficiency including good working knowledge of SAP MRP/Sales & Distribution & excel.
• Understanding of Inventory principles, planning and managing.
• Understanding of forecasting & demand management principles.
• Programme management experience in support of development & execution of strategies and new concepts.
• Experience of MRO/used material supply chains including Reduce To Produce (RTP)
• Experience of Supply Chain and Manufacturing.
• As part of this role, the successful candidate will interface with a wide range of disciplines and be confident in acting as Rolls-Royce Planning & Control advocate with internal and external customers. These include Wholly-Owned, Joint Venture and Independent Overhaul Shops, Airlines, Services Business & Delivery.
• Have or be working towards professional APICS membership would be advantageous
• Awareness of Services including overhaul or repair activities would be an advantage.
• Programme management skills and experience at developing & defining new processes & methodologies.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

Job Category Supply Chain Planning & Control Posting Date 28 Aug 2025; 00:08 Posting End Date 04 Sept 2025